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Duplicates emerge from his body with randomized jump heights and speed. He can jump off of them by jumping while airborne.

Stats

Top Speed

~ 12 m/s

Idle Speed

9.8 m/s

Speed

10 m/s

Jump Height (Maximum)

4 meters

Jump Height (Minimum)

1.5 meters

Strafing (Maximum)

12~13 m/s

Strafing

11.5 m/s

The Duplicator is a character in Run 3. He is an avid conspiracy theorist, a "self-replicator", and the father of the Child. He suspects everyone except his son and the animals (Lizard, Bunny) of being involved in a conspiracy against him, although he isn't entirely clear on the details. Also, he is always accusing the Angel for trying to take his son away from him. Meanwhile, the Child seems to think it's all a game.

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The Duplicator can only be unlocked by buying him in the shop for 6,000 power cells, except on mobile where he costs 25,000 unless Tyrant Unleashed is downloaded. However, some levels of The Way Back require you to play as him, but he will not be permanently unlocked afterward.

Every few seconds, the Duplicator creates a projection of himself, up to a maximum of six. These "duplicates" mimic his actions, although they have a slightly higher jump height. If he falls out of a tunnel, the Duplicator will switch locations with another surviving duplicate, effectively giving him a second chance or multiple lives.

The duplicates are solid enough to jump on, as long as they're close enough. This allows the Duplicator to jump higher and further, but it requires careful spacing and planning beforehand to keep the duplicates from spreading out. Duplicates can also jump on the Duplicator himself, either accidentally or purposefully, in which case he switches places with the duplicate that jumped on him.

Because of his extra lives in the form of duplicates, the Duplicator's chances of surviving a level may be increased significantly, allowing him to more easily finish levels that have a high risk of failing.

The Duplicator is usually careless, shown when he eats the powder (see below at the bottom of the page) that made him able to duplicate and ignoring the other's advice.

The Duplicator also accuses people and jumps to conclusions a lot; shown when he accuses the Runner of stealing the Planet, accusing the Angel of trying to steal his son away, and thinking everyone except for the animals and his son are in a conspiracy against him. Because of this, he lacks trust in them.

It is shown that he even though he has a careless and accusing nature, he still thinks of others, as he thinks his wife might be worried about him.

On the Angel's list for going home, he is referred to as "The Crackpot".

On a Kongregate forum, the reason for his appearance and duplication was revealed.

One day, he found a jar full of powder. The jar had lots of warning labels, with one of them saying, “Do not eat.” Of course, the Duplicator, being the Duplicator, ate the powder, knowing it was government property. For the next few weeks, he was sick from the powder, and its effects caused his skin to turn from white to a darkish blue. When he recovered, he found out he can duplicate, and from this day onwards he still ignores the warning labels on harmful and/or poisonous containers.

His lucky number is seven, as evidenced by the achievement 'Duplicator's Lucky Number', where the player must dislodge exactly seven crumbling tiles, and that he can have a maximum of seven duplicates at once, including himself.